Hold the People

Don't you... hold the people... Don't you... hold the people... Don't you hold the people down Don't hold the people down Don't hold the people down hey hey hey They try to keep you down by your feet cristocracies and the aristotellies dem cut your cchilles and dem want you knock your knees Kutchie got me turning japanese when me chop the trees cnd me start to pree the hypocrisies cnd the fallacies with the Pharisees and the Sadducees cnd the Tritons of the seas and the Caesars Draconian mandrakes they got you bedazzled Don't you bring no trouble System can't hold you so it simply haffi buckle Don't you see the people dem a bubble Certain tings me nuh dig and you don't see me with no shovel Don't you try a holdin on again So me tell the whole a dem Controllers and the holders of arguments This a weh we tell dem a parliament Don't you hold the people down Don't hold the people down Don't hold the people down hey hey hey Don't you hold the people down Don't hold the people down Don't hold the people down hey hey hey Don't you hold the people when the people gwaan a rebel Terrible and lion soon will bite me up the tamer Barb up the wire, me nah go feat with them no longer Send away the liars freedom is a must fi get no later Squizz every little breath them Tell them a war a gwaan fi get back the balance of the system Blaze up unno lighta up unno lighta We ah move straight fi quick get back a future for your days Too many live low, nuff a we nit brow Doing the night prowl to feed up the next bro cnd when the belly bawl the fight go vital The poor dem a go eat the rich if there's no food and it's so factual Ease out and slice the cake nuh share and it's a desperation You never care bout people approbation Set for your conscious fake election Thief and liars in the whole empire have them teeth and bite you them a all vampire Free up the people from the rounds that fire Don't you hold the people cause the people a go hold you Don't you hold the people down... Don't hold the people... Don't you hold the people down Don't hold the people down Don't hold the people down hey hey hey Don't you hold the people down Don't hold the people down Don't hold the people down hey hey hey Ease out and slice they cake nuh share and it's a desperation Freedom remain the final aspiration Stop a wave but can't stop the ocean Don't let them deceive your eyes Be a leader fi better teach the nation Naâman a come with an explanation Right now we're looking for a restoration